Alexander Drummond Drysdale
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Alexander Drummond Drysdale
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Erected by William Drysdale in memory of his wife Ann Drummond
Their sons John Drysdale M.D. who died aged 33
William Drysdale C.E. who died at Asansol, Bengal aged 41
William Drysdale died aged 83
Christian Prentice Drysdale daughter of William Drysdale died aged 74
Susan Drummond Drysdale aged 79
Alexander Drummond Drysdale youngest son of the above named William Drysdale died aged 88
The older looking stone says:
Sacred to the memory of Major and Lt. Colonel J Drysdale
42nd Royal Highland *** the Blackwatch
who joined A.D. 1836 and died A.D. 1866
of disease contracted in an Indian climate. He served with the 42nd throughout the Crimean and Indian mutiny campaigns and was decorated as a Knight of the Legion of Honour.
This tablet is erected by his brother officers and the men of the regiment as a mark of their affection and esteem.